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FINGER PRINTS
FINGER PRINTS
[Illustration: FINGER PRINTS OF THE AUTHOR]
BY
FRANCIS GALTON, F.R.S., ETC.
London
MACMILLAN AND CO.
AND NEW YORK
1892
_All rights reserved_
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
PAGE
INTRODUCTION 1
Distinction between creases and ridges 1
Origin of the inquiry 2
Summaries of the subsequent chapters 3-21
Viz. of ii., 3; iii., 4; iv., 5;
v., 5; vi., 8; vii., 10;
viii., 12; ix., 13; x., 14;
xi., 16; xii., 17; xiii., 19;